Iannotti named Team MVP at Martlets volleyball awards gala

MONTREAL – Victoria Iannotti of St. Laurent, Que., was named as both, most valuable player and most impactful player of the McGill University women’s volleyball program at the team’s annual awards gala, a brunch held on April 14, at the Universal restaurant in the downtown area.
 
Other major laureates announced by head coach Rachèle Béliveau, went to Melanie Dormann (most sportsmanlike player) of Ottawa, Ont., Audrey Trottier (silent leader award) of Longueuil, Que., Emilia Grigorova (most outstanding teammate) of Quebec City, Esther Lim (most improved player) of Delta, B.C., and Selima Guidara (rookie of the year) of Tunis (Tunisia).
 
Iannotti, 24, earned RSEQ first-team all-star status for the third consecutive season and capped her final campaign off by receiving the Muriel Roscoe Trophy last week, awarded to a McGill student athlete for proficiency and leadership. The fifth-year software engineering senior ranked fifth among league leaders in points per set (3.85), fifth in kills per set (3.14) and 18th in hitting percentage (.224). Despite missing six regular season games due to injuries and pneumonia, she had 179 kills, 17 service aces, 15 assists, 128 digs, 15 blocks and 18 assisted blocks in 57 sets played.
 
Dormann, who turns 23 next week, is a fifth-year science senior majoring in anatomy and cellular biology. During the regular season, she saw duty in 39 of the team’s 79 sets and tallied 74 kills, three aces, two assists, 37 digs, four solo stuff blocks and six assisted blocks.
 
Trottier, 24, is a master’s student in physical therapy who previously graduated in 2022 with an education degree in kinesiology. In 51 sets, the fifth-year setter registered 343 assists in addition to 68 digs, 11 kills, six aces, one block and 11 assisted blocks.
 
Lim is a 19-year-old Arts & Science freshman who played eight sets in seven games. A libero who measures 5-foot-6, the product of South Delta secondary school had two service aces and one dig.
 
Guidara, 21, is a political science freshman from Collège Bois-de-Boulogne. The six-foot setter dressed for seven games, saw duty in 11 sets and was credited with 17 assists, 10 digs and five kills.
 
Grigorova, 22, who was red-shirted this season, is an Arts freshman, majoring in international development studies. The six-foot right-side hitter is a product of Collège Garneau in Quebec City.
 
Beliveau, who upped her lifetime overall record to 718-567-2 in 33 years (32 seasons) at the Martlets helm, had a team roster composed of five freshmen, one sophomore, two juniors and 10 seniors.
 
This was the last official function for 10 graduating seniors, the team’s largest ever departing class. The group includes co-captains Charlène Robitaille and Victoria Iannotti, in addition to Clara Poiré, Audrey Trottier, Melanie Dormann, Meaghan Smith, Brook Brown, Olivia Krishnan, Rio Pesochin and Masha Solaja.  

The Martlets posted a 19-9 mark during the 2023-24 campaign, including a 10-1 record at home and a 15-6 second-place finish in the five-team RSEQ conference. They qualified for playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons but with Iannotti, who was sidelined for the post-season, the Martlets were swept by third-seeded Sherbrooke (15-6) in a best-of-three semifinal series.
 
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